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Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Quebec City or Samarkand?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Quebec City for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’s own page.

Choose Samarkand for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Quebec City 18, Samarkand 4: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Quebec City 57, Samarkand 54: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Quebec City 70, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Quebec City 42, Samarkand 14: Quebec City leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Quebec City 79, Samarkand 40: Quebec City leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Quebec City 58, Samarkand 72: Samarkand leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Quebec City 64, Samarkand 30: Quebec City leads by 34 points.
Getting around. Quebec City 50, Samarkand 58: Samarkand leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Quebec City 45, Samarkand 42: Quebec City leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Quebec City 45, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Quebec City 52, Samarkand 24: Quebec City leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Quebec City 55, Samarkand 32: Quebec City leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Quebec City and Samarkand.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Quebec City
Best match
53match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and families with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Quebec CitySamarkand

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureQuebec CitySamarkand
Official languageFrench, EnglishUzbek
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number911112
Elevation98 m702 m
Main airportQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days-

By the numbers

MeasureQuebec CitySamarkand
City population574,482546,303
People per km²1,1845,058
Museums within 10 km1611
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.